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Archive photos of The Dalai Lama in Darjeeling
12 Oct 2009When it comes to His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, Darjeeling has always been his favorite spot of visit from decades. He has been visiting Darjeeling for a very very long time.
I too got a chance to get close to him once and the divine presence was felt as soon as I saw him. This was quite sometime back. I presented him a silken scarf which all do and he gave it back to me. Its still with me.
However these photos posted below are not mine, it was clicked by my friend Joseph Thapa, now settled in Italy. Thanks Joseph if you are reading this. Thanks for your permission to publish it.
Our Facebook Free Darjeeling Tea Winner of the month:
Oh by the way, I wanted to announce our Facebook Darjeeling Tea winner of the month. Its Duncan Hasketh. Congratulations Duncan, enjoy your share of Darjeeling Tea. Hope you like ‘em.
Thats snowy Darjeeling
7 Oct 2009Sometime ago my friend Samir and I had the chance to click some photos of Darjeeling when it had snowed. Thanks to Samir for letting me get this photos showcased here.
The snow factor in Darjeeling is not a promised forecast but we do get snow in Darjeeling during the winters when the weather conditions dip below zero. I cannot recall which year, but it had snowed on the day of Christmas and we were all blessed.
Enjoy the photos! I remember the chill wanted me to crave for more of Darjeeling Tea - nice and hot!
Darjeeling Festival - Fulpati (Phulpati) Celebrations
In: Autumn Flush| Darjeeling Festivals| Darjeeling Photos| Personal Ramblings
26 Sep 2009Its festival time here in Darjeeling and each day is observed differently. Yesterday i.e. September 25 was Fulpati where a cultural rally started from Dali. Every year it starts around 8-9 am and ends at Chowrasta, the considered center point of Darjeeling. I had to reach early so started at 7, walked a couple of kms and reached. A huge gathering had already taken place and I squeezed in to take some shots. Walked back to town along with the rally upto Chowrasta. It was such a marvelous cultural extravaganza.
Some must be wondering what “Fulpati” is, I have taken a para from a local news daily “The Telegraph”:
Phulpati is a unique custom in which community members collect flowers, petals and other offerings from their houses and take them to the puja pandal to pay obeisance to Goddess Durga. The decorated palanquin carrying the sacred flowers, leaves and sugarcane tied in red clothes — the colour symbolising the goddess — is usually accompanied by an ornate umbrella. It is believed that people who pass underneath the palanquin are absolved of their sins. The tradition dates back to the days of King Pritivinarayan Shah (1723-1775) of Nepal when the phulpati procession used to start from Gorkha, his native place, and end at Kathmandu after covering hundreds of miles.
Hope you like the photos!!
Autumn Flush 2009:
I am now gearing up for the next and last tea season of the year namely Autumn Flush. Hope to get my hands on some good Autumn Flush Darjeeling Teas. Will keep you posted.
Happy Tea Sipping, Good Day!
Finally, the winner from the lucky draw surfaced today and I won’t have to send emails anymore for the month saying “Congratulations, You are the lucky winner for our Free Darjeeling Tea”. This however gets an irony when the winner doesn’t respond. Anyways, thanks to our Thunderbolt Tea page fans on Facebook for supporting this idea and for making their effort in posting their comments. Highly appreciated. Without you all, our page is just a blank statement. What good is the world’s most amazing musician if he doesn’t have an audience. Yeah, sometimes, you tend to set your mood to be alone - thats completely different!
Yes, the lucky winner is Jozsef Bereczki! Congratulations from the whole Thunderbolt Tea family and of course from me. We will ship your USD 40 worth of tea as soon as possible by India Speed Post which should take approximately 2 weeks for delivery. Enjoy your share of our Darjeeling Teas.
Other friends who did not win, we are here to stay and we will keep on doing the lucky draw – who knows who’s next. You just don’t need to do anything, we do the hardwork 
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About Darjeeling Cuppa
Hi! This is Benoy, a Tea Lover, who hails from Darjeeling. This Darjeeling Tea Blog is some sort of a personal update site, but would love to talk about Darjeeling, its people and of course specifically Darjeeling Tea. Would love to share my tea experiences and thus would like to hear comments on it. Though not a perfect animal with all the tea instincts, I simply love exploring my hometown product. I will also update, from time to time as to what is going on with my tea company - offers etc. Hope you enjoy your stay!
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